Former Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury today recorded her statement before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Goa in connection with the case of alleged sexual assault of a journalist by the magazine's founder-editor Tarun Tejpal. 

Pakistani politician Imran Khan today said that despite Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's recent statement on a possible fourth war with India over Kashmir, neither country could afford to do so as they both possess nuclear powers.        

Strongly opposing the Prevention of Communal Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2013, in its present form, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked the Centre not to move it hastily and hold wider consultations with the states.        

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said his government was not interfering with the ongoing inquiry into the alleged memorial scam during the regime of the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.          

President Pranab Mukherjee is likely to represent India in the funeral of South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela on December 15.        

A correspondent from Delhi reports: The BJP has demanded that the draft Bill on Telangana, which has been sent to the Andhra Pradesh assembly, be circulated to all Members of Parliament. 

Two persons were arrested today in connection with the killing of eight security personnel in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Aurangabad district earlier this week.        

Union minister Adhir Chowdhury today criticised the Mamata Banerjee government for trying to 'settle old scores' with WBHRC chairman A K Ganguly over the law intern case, but said that the former Supreme Court judge should resign on moral grounds.        

A man fired two rounds from his pistol on board a local train in Mumbai after scuffling over a seat. 

The UN today launched a mission in Bangladesh to end political turmoil triggered by a stand-off between the country's two main parties over the general elections scheduled for January 5.       

Tejas, India's first indigenously designed, developed and productionised fourth generation plus Light Combat Aircraft achieved yet another milestone when at 11 am, its infrared air to air missile hit its designated target with precision. 

Amid protests in Seemandhra against the division of Andhra Pradesh, the Centre today appealed to political parties in the state not to make "dangerous"statements and cooperate with it to ensure smooth bifurcation.        

As a massive controversy broke out over granting parole to actor Sanjay Dutt on the ground of his wife Manyata's ill health, a doctor who examined her has said she has been diagnosed with a tumor in the liver and a suspected heart ailment.        

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray today paid a courtesy visit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's official residence in Gandhinagar.        

After a long time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held a public darbaar at his residence, meeting people from various sections of the society and listening to their grievances and complaints.        

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan today said even though Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will try to improve ties with India, he will not be able to move "fast" on the issue due to pressure from fanatical elements.        

Jordan has been elected as anon-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, filling a seat that Saudi Arabia had declined to accept after an earlier election to protest the world body's failure to end the Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.        

A cyclonic storm named 'Madi' will intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, bringing rain or thundershowers over some parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh during the next 48 hours, the Indian Meteorological Department said today.        

Thailand authorities today began stepping up security around key state buildings after anti-government protesters vowed to make a final push to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday.        

Overcoming a string of failures over the years, the WTO today reached a landmark agreement that can help boost global trade by US$ 1 trillion, while taking on board concerns of countries like India to protect its food security scheme to provide subsidised grains to the poor.        

Reiterating that the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh was a "grave mistake", Union Textiles Minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao today said the AP Reorganisation Bill-2013 was unlikely to be approved by Parliament.        

China has said it hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation and coordination with India in international affairs and work together to maintain peace in border areas.        

After repeated warnings from the Supreme Court, Pakistani authorities today produced in court 14 men who had been detained without charge by security agencies.        

The Special Investigation Team has filed two charge-sheets against the three accused in the recent riots in the district, an official said.       

A Kolkata-based NGO has written to Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi, requesting him to register an FIR against former Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly in the case of alleged sexual harassment of a law intern.        

The Bombay high court has dismissed a public interest litigation challenging a 1982 decision of the Maharashtra government allowing change of user on a plot of land in Kolhapur, belonging to singer Lata Mangeshkar.       

An Indian-origin serial rapist, sentenced to life imprisonment by a British court, has set a legal precedent in the United Kingdom regarding the retrial of cases where the accused had previously been acquitted.        

China today issued a serious alert for worsening smog in central and eastern regions, a day after the country's financial hub suffered one of its worst bouts of smog, delaying flights and forcing people to stay inside.        

With most opinion and exit polls predicting a rout for it in four states, the Congress has sought to shift the discourse from assembly polls to Lok Sabha elections, citing past trends to buttress the point that provincial polls do not have a bearing on general elections.        

Legendary music maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has received a posthumous nomination at 56th Grammy Awards with his album The Living Room Sessions Part 2 in the World Music section.        

Indian officials from Accra today met the jailed Indian sailor, whose family eagerly awaits his return for performing the last rites of his 11-month son, who died earlier this week.

In a controversial move, despite the Kerala high court staying till December 10 the transfer of Bitti Mohanty, a rape convict who was arrested from Kannur after jumping parole in Rajasthan, the Kerala police has sent him to Jaipur.        

The BJP will raise in Parliament the issue of Justice A K Ganguly, who has been found guilty of sexual harassment by a Supreme Court panel, continuing as the chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.        

A girl was injured after a young boy threw a acid on her face at a beauty parlour in Ludhiana today where she had gone for her bridal makeup shortly before her marriage. 

Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh arrives in Washington over the weekend to hold a wide range of bilateral, regional and global consultations with top American officials to send a strong signal that the India-US relationship is too important to be distracted by domestic political developments.        

The technological opportunities provided by the India-US civil nuclear deal are yet to be tapped, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today said.        

The two-day bandh call given by pro-united Andhra Pradesh groups in Seemandhra evoked a partial response on the second day in Visakhapatnam city as well as Vijayawada city and Krishna district.     

The Odisha government has issued an interim order for attachment of properties of Kolkata-based ponzy scheme firm Saradha Group and the state-based Seashore Group of companies which allegedly duped investors of crores of rupees.        

Former Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhury has reached a judicial magistrate's court in Goa today to record her statement in connection with the Tarun Tejpal rape case.   

A Goa court on Saturday extended the police custody of Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal by four days.

Members of the Republican Party of India on Saturday staged a protest outside Pune's Yerwada jail where actor Sanjay Dutt is currently lodged.

Alexander Blackman, a Royal Marine Sergeant of the British army, was sentenced to life for murdering a wounded Taliban prisoner in cold blood in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Former US President George W Bush and his wife Laura will accompany US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to South Africa to pay their last respects to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela, who passed away on Thursday. 

North Korea today released a US veteran of the Korean War who had been detained in the country since October for what the Communist regime described as "hostile acts" against it.        

After a minor flutter created by Cuba and three Latin American countries, the WTO today adopted the historic Bali package which addresses several concerns of developing countries including India with regard to food security and trade facilitation.       

US President Barack Obama has called up Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel to express condolences of the First family and the American people, the White House said.        

The Pune Crime Branch has taken into custody two people from Goa for questioning in connection with the murder of noted rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.        

America's secretive National Security Agency has defended its surveillance of cell phones globally, arguing that this is legally authorised under a sweeping US presidential order and such programmes have been used in some of the most dangerous parts of the world.        

President Barack Obama is highly influenced by Nelson Mandela, even though he met him in person only once, the White House today said adding that the anti-apartheid icon was part of an era of historic changes across the world.

"I think that Nelson Mandela had a profound impact on millions and millions of people around the world, and beginning with the citizens of South Africa, millions and millions of people who've never met him."

"And the president, as senator, had the good fortune to meet him, but I don't think that's the reason why he had an influence on Barack Obama. That influence extends, well back in time," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.

"I know those of us who were in college in the '80s remember the debates and protests that were happening on college campuses over divestment in South Africa because of apartheid. I think that's what the president was referencing in his own experience," he said and referred to his own experience and a college student.

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An Italian court today allowed Indian authorities to question alleged middleman Guido Hashcke in the chopper scam case, which is being heard in that country. Haschke is giving his statement to the court in Milan on his role in the chopper scam and a team of Indian officials present there was given an opportunity to question him, sources said.

According to reports from Italy, Haschke has claimed that 6 million euros were paid to air force officials and 8.4 million euros to the bureaucracy. He claimed that politicians were also paid.

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